Definition

a spreading-place

Etymology

or מִשְׁטַח; from H7849 (שָׁטַח);

Word family

• שָׁטַח shâṭach

How the KJV renders it

• (to) spread (forth
• -ing
• upon)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.